Watford v Stoke City, 19 March 2016

Score2-1 to Stoke City
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,759

View Watford v Stoke City head to head

Stoke City had failed to score in the six previous league meetings since 2004 (drawn two and lost four). Kick-off: 3.00pm

1 Watford

2 Stoke City

Goals:

Troy Deeney 86 G

Goals:

Jon Walters 18 G
Joselu 51 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Allan Nyom
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Jose Jurado
Midfielder Mario Suárez
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Odion Ighalo

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Phil Bardsley Defender
Marc Muniesa Defender
Phillip Wollscheid Defender
Geoff Cameron Defender/Midfielder
Ibrahim Afellay Midfielder
Giannelli Imbula Midfielder
Glenn Whelan Midfielder
Jon Walters Midfielder/Forward
Marko Arnautović Forward
Joselu Forward

Substitutions:

Nordin Amrabat for Jose Jurado 55
Adlène Guédioura for Valon Behrami 55
Ikechi Anya for Nathan Aké 76

Substitutions:

Mame Biram Diouf for Ibrahim Afellay 84
Stephen Ireland for Marko Arnautović 84

Cards:

Etienne Capoue 41 Y
Allan Nyom 45 Y
Adlène Guédioura 83 Y

Cards:

Jon Walters 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Defender/Midfielder Ikechi Anya
Midfielder Almen Abdi
Midfielder Adlène Guédioura
Midfielder Ben Watson
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard
Defender Dionatan
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Stephen Ireland
Forward Peter Crouch
Forward Mame Biram Diouf
Forward Bojan Krkić

Comments:

League position: 14th Watford had now kept only two clean sheets in their last 13 Premier League games (won two and lost eight). 28 goals had now been scored at Vicarage Road in this Premier League season; fewer than at any other stadium, except for Old Trafford (26).

Comments:

League position: 7th This was only the second time that Stoke City had scored in the first-half of a Premier League game in 2016 (played 12). The Potters had now kept only one clean sheet in their last nine Premier League games.

1 Watford

Goals:

Troy Deeney 86 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Nathan Aké
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Craig Cathcart
Defender Allan Nyom
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Jose Jurado
Midfielder Mario Suárez
Forward Troy Deeney
Forward Odion Ighalo

Substitutions:

Nordin Amrabat for Jose Jurado 55
Adlène Guédioura for Valon Behrami 55
Ikechi Anya for Nathan Aké 76

Cards:

Etienne Capoue 41 Y
Allan Nyom 45 Y
Adlène Guédioura 83 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Defender/Midfielder Ikechi Anya
Midfielder Almen Abdi
Midfielder Adlène Guédioura
Midfielder Ben Watson
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat

Comments:

League position: 14th Watford had now kept only two clean sheets in their last 13 Premier League games (won two and lost eight). 28 goals had now been scored at Vicarage Road in this Premier League season; fewer than at any other stadium, except for Old Trafford (26).

2 Stoke City

Goals:

Jon Walters 18 G
Joselu 51 G

Starting lineup:

Jack Butland Goalkeeper
Phil Bardsley Defender
Marc Muniesa Defender
Phillip Wollscheid Defender
Geoff Cameron Defender/Midfielder
Ibrahim Afellay Midfielder
Giannelli Imbula Midfielder
Glenn Whelan Midfielder
Jon Walters Midfielder/Forward
Marko Arnautović Forward
Joselu Forward

Substitutions:

Mame Biram Diouf for Ibrahim Afellay 84
Stephen Ireland for Marko Arnautović 84

Cards:

Jon Walters 76 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard
Defender Dionatan
Midfielder Charlie Adam
Midfielder Stephen Ireland
Forward Peter Crouch
Forward Mame Biram Diouf
Forward Bojan Krkić

Comments:

League position: 7th This was only the second time that Stoke City had scored in the first-half of a Premier League game in 2016 (played 12). The Potters had now kept only one clean sheet in their last nine Premier League games.